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Descriptor
English
:
Sin Nombre virus
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Virus Sin Nombre
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Vírus Sin Nombre
Synonyms
English
:
Four Corners Virus
Muerto Canyon Virus
Tree Number:
B04.820.087.440.700
B04.909.777.147.440.700
Definition
English
:
A species of
HANTAVIRUS
which emerged in the Four Corners area of the
United States
in 1993. It causes a serious, often fatal pulmonary illness (
HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME
) in
humans
. Transmission is by inhaling aerosolized rodent secretions that contain virus
particles
, carried especially by
deer
mice
(
PEROMYSCUS
maniculatus) and pinyon
mice
(P. truei).
Indexing Annotation
English
:
infection
=
HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME
History Note
English
:
2002; use HANTAVIRUS 1995-2001
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
CH
chemistry
CL
classification
DE
drug effects
EN
enzymology
GE
genetics
GD
growth & development
IM
immunology
IP
isolation & purification
ME
metabolism
PY
pathogenicity
PH
physiology
RE
radiation effects
UL
ultrastructure
Record Number:
35600
Unique Identifier:
D029261
Occurrence in VHL
:
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